洪
deluge, flood, vast

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

ほん

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:1778

Vocabulary

コウ

WordReadingMeaning
洪積コウセキdiluvial epoch
洪積世コウセキセイdiluvial epoch
洪積層コウセキソウdiluvium; diluvial formation
洪大無辺コウダイムヘンboundless; infinite; vast
洪大コウダイgreat; immense

Other

WordReadingMeaning
洪水こうずいflood; flooding
洪牙利ハンガリーHungary
大洪水だいこうずいheavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
洪水神話こうずいしんわflood myth
氷河湖決壊洪水ひょうがこけっかいこうずいglacial lake outburst flood

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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law, method, model, principle, rule, system
Grade 4JLPT 3
浜
beach, seacoast, seashore
Grade 8JLPT 1
共
alike, all, and, both, neither, together, with
Grade 4JLPT 3
港
harbor
Grade 3JLPT 3
洗
inquire into, probe, wash
Grade 6JLPT 3
江
bay, creek, inlet
Grade 8JLPT 1
供
accompany, offer, present, serve (meal), submit
Grade 6JLPT 3
浅
frivolous, shallow, shameful, superficial, wretched
Grade 4JLPT 2
漂
drift, float (on liquid)
Grade 8JLPT 1
渋
astringent, have diarrhea, hesitate, reluctant
Grade 8JLPT 1